CHAPTER XXI. 



SOME SMALL INDIAN ANIMALS WORTH SHOOTING 



SO extremely numerous are small animals in 

 India which fall within this category, that I 

 shall attempt to deal with only such of them as I 

 have personally shot, or seen. Sterndale mentions 

 no less than thirty-six different species of squirrels^ 

 and the skins of many of these are well worth 

 preserving ; but very few of these are found in 

 the forests of which I have had most experience, 

 so that my list will be but a very short one. 



THE BLACK MONKEY OR NEILGHERRY LUNGOOR 

 (Semnopithecus vel Presbytes jubatus) 



This beautiful monkey is found upon hill ranges 

 in the South of India. I have personally seen it 

 upon the Neilgherry and the Travancore hills. 



It is covered all over with long hair, which is 

 deep black in colour, except on the head and nape 

 of the neck, where it is reddish brown. Sterndale 

 states that the length of the head and body is 

 26, and that of the tail 30 inches. 



This animal utters a weird, unearthly cry, which 

 can be heard a long distance off. It is very wary, 



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